Nail-extractor



P. X. ZAHRINGER.

(No Model.)V

NAIL EXTRAGTOR- Patented Dec. 27, 18.92.

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FRANK X. ZAHRINGER,v OF BELL AIR, MISSOURI.

NAI L-EXTRACTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,595, dated December27, 1892.

Application led April 25, 1892. Serial No. 430.549. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FRANK X. ZAHRINGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bell Air, in the county of Cooper and State ofMissouri,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inNail-Extractors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawing, making a part of this specification, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in nailextractors, and it h as for its objects among` others to provide animproved device of this character which shall be simple, cheap ofmanufacture and by the use of which no force is required to drive theends of the jaws into the wood and by which the nail, whether with orwithout a head, is more firmly and securely grasped and more easilyextracted than by prior construc- I provide one of the jaws witha shankhaving asubstantially right-angled end which serves asa grasp for thehand, and to this Jaw or its shank is pivoted the movable jaw which hasan extension which serves asa bearing or leverage and to this extensionis pivotally connected a link which in turn is pivotally connected to ahand lever which is pivoted near the other end of the said shank.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appearand the novel features thereof will be specificaliy defined by theappended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying. drawing,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, forms a part ofthis specification and in which is shown a side elevation of my improvednail extractor.

Referring now to the details of the drawing by letter, A designates oneofthe jaws which is curved as shown slightly at its sharpcned end t andnear this end it is bifurcated as seen at d for the passage of theotherjaw as will soon be explained. This jawA has a shank A which, atits other end, is turned at right angles to its length to form a handleA2 and near the bend d2 the shank is bifurcated as seen at a3 for thereception of the bend of the lever which is pivoted therein.

B is the movable jaw; it is curved forming nearly three quarters of acircle as shown and is pivoted between the bifurcations ct as at b andthe extreme end is sharpened as seen at 1)', its other end terminatingin asubstantially horizontal extension B which has a curved extension B2to the end of which is pivotally connected at c the link or arm O theother end of which is pivotally connected as at d with the short arm Dof the lever E which is pivoted as at @between the bifurcations a of theshank and the long arm E of which is extended substantially parallelwith the handle A2 of the shank as shown.

The operation will be readily understood and briefly stated is asfollows;-Place the extractor at right angles to the nail to be drawn andthen slightly press the iixed jaw A into the wood behind the nail headwhich may be readily done by a slight twisting movement as will bereadily coniprehended; then grasp the parts A2 and E with the hand andpress them together which movement will close the jaws firmly on thenail head when by drawing the extractor toward the operator the nail iseasilyextracted. The extension B serves as a fulcrum when drawing thenail as will be readily understood.

Having thus described what I at present conside:` the preferable way ofcarrying ont my invention, what I claim as new is;-

The nail extractor described consisting of the fixed jaw with shank withbifurcations near opposite ends and bent at one end at right angles toits length to form a handle, the curved jaw near the center of its curvepivoted to the fixed jaw in one of the bifurcations thereof and formedwith horizontal extension the outer end of which is returned toward theshank of the fixed jaw and terminating in line with the pivot of thecurved jaw, the link pivoted to the end of said end and arrangedparallel with the shank of the iixed jaw, and the lever pivoted to theshank of the fixed jaw in the other bifurcation thereof and having ashort arm pivoted to the link and a long arm at right angles to the saidshank and parallel with the handle portion thereof, substantially asspeci-tied.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK X. ZAHRINGER.

Witnesses:

A. F. SANGER, J. B. SPAEDY.

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